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Ryan Romeike
@romeike.bsky.social
Father, widower, photographer wanna-be, middle manager maniac, Jersey born, Cali-raised, now in UT. Yooper at heart. Pluviophile. ❤️ Phish ⭕️ Tacos
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Utah’s DWR killed the first-known established wolfpack in Utah in over 100 years. Wolves are still considered an endangered species, and fall under federal control and protection…except for a part of northern Utah, so as to protect a couple of ranchers’ head of cattle. www.abc4.com/animals/utah...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I didn’t even catch this angle showing her about to throw hands. Seriously glad she wasn’t hurt. And her natural instincts to deck that bully? Chef’s kiss.
Toughest congressperson in America rears back for a punch, and refuses to cut short townhall, after asshole sprays her with something.
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Glad she’s okay. And to watch her insisting on carrying on with her talk?! 💪

This is how you stand up to bullies.
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Utah’s Governor Cox asking us all AGAIN to pray for snow. We’re in a severe winter drought and instead of legislation that might remotely address any single one of the root causes of Utah water issues, we’re just gonna “pray the drought away.” Not a single actionable solution. Maybe AI can fix it!
January 27, 2026 at 4:48 AM
I love my little neighborhood tribe. We’ve started a Soup Group between four friends. Once a month we each make a pot of soup; enough to share between the four households. And it’s been the best thing ever. Basically once a week we don’t have to cook, and we have our own little loving soup commune.
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
As seen on a walk around our lake. It’s managed to stay there for a couple of weeks, which is wild for this area. It’s definitely visible to the average passerby. Sometimes, it’s the little things….
January 25, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Dear Mister Rogers,

What do we do now? They’re executing the helpers….
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Tintype studio portrait (scanned from original 5x7) by Salt Lake City photographer Brett Briggs. First “formal” portrait I’ve had done with my son and I. 🔥 I love the emotion of emulsion.
January 24, 2026 at 1:52 AM
What a photo…wow! Hang it in the Smithsonian!
January 23, 2026 at 10:43 PM
So we’ve (the U.S.) officially bowed out of the World Health Organization? And we’re the *only* country to ever do this? Awesome. Great. We’ll be fine. This is fine. Everything’s fine.
a fluffy cat is sitting on a wooden table with the words `` help '' written on it .
ALT: a fluffy cat is sitting on a wooden table with the words `` help '' written on it .
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Also…they’re measuring the potential for ice in Austin, TX for this upcoming storm by…. <checks notes>…<looks up>…golden retrievers.
Americans will do ANYTHING to avoid using the metric system. 😑
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Palate cleanser. Watching my dad and mom in their 70’s and 80’s out walking with my son; their grandson. “Baba, we have to balance on the curb. The ground is hot lava!” And they happily oblige…well, grandma does. Grandpa has a bum knee, but still walks miles every day! THIS gives me all the joy.
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Five concerts I’ve seen with women lead singers.

Regina Spektor
Indigo Girls
Ani diFranco
Concrete Blonde
Siouxsie and the Banshees
L7
Hole
The Cranberries
The Breeders
Veruca Salt
Pat Benatar
Ani diFranco
Melissa Ethridge
Thievery Corporation
Deep Banana Blackout
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 AM
He wishes he was half as cool as Chewie, and even he didn’t get a medal 😬🤭 @markhamillofficial.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 PM
“Has joy any survival value in the operations of evolution? I suspect that it does; I suspect that the morose and fearful are doomed to quick extinction. Where there is no joy there can be no courage; and without courage all other virtues are useless.” - Edward Abbey #MonochromeMonday #Leica
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Mondays in monochrome
January 19, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I love it when we (my son and I) get the time to just go horse around for a bit.
January 18, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Dear #NASA,
We lost the last man to ever step foot on the moon nine years ago today. Please ensure Gene Cernan doesn't remain in the history books as the final human to ever walk on the moon. He believed in his heart that we’d be back. Make it so… #Apollo17
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 AM
I received a most excellent gift for my birthday a few days ago from my dear friend Jenn, and in hit me right in the feels. Even more-so knowing she ordered it a few months ago when Weir was still with us. It’s a quilt made with Grateful Dead album covers including Cornell ‘77. Feeling extra loved.
January 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The smell of a new cassette tape is a vividly strong *core memory*. I can’t explain it. (I do wonder if it was the Chromium(IV) oxide of the tape, or something in the ink or paper of the j-card?) Anyone else love it? The scent ranks right up there with petrichor and chocolate chip cookies for me.
January 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
January 14, 2026 at 10:21 PM
2016: "You're overreacting!"
2017: "You're overreacting!"
2018: "You're overreacting!"
2019: "You're overreacting!"
2020: "You're overreacting!"
2021: "You're overreacting!"
2024: "You're overreacting!"
2025: "You're overreacting!"
2026: "Well there was no way of knowing it would get this bad..."
a pixelated image of a man making a face
Alt: an animated gif image of actor Nathan Fillion making a face about to explain something and just giving up and resigning in defeat.
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Now *this* is how you do it.
I don’t even mind that the photoshopping is *a little crude*

Alright @newyorker.com - you’re up next.
Shout out to Melania Trump's home country, Slovenia, for putting Donald Trump on the cover of 'Objektiv' magazine. Not only did they give him a 'H*tler' style moustache, but they also made it out of oil.

- kaleidoscopenews
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
“Look at me. LOOK at me. I’m the GOAT now.” - the goat, probably.
January 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A bit of monochrome melancholy for Monday.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 AM